Number of areas affected by pain by age and sex (proportion of respondents %)
| Age group | Women | Men | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–44 | 45–64 | 65–74 | 75+ | 16–44 | 45–64 | 65–74 | 75+ | ||
| Areas with pain | |||||||||
| None | 65.1 | 44.1 | 36.2 | 36.9 | 64.3 | 49.0 | 48.4 | 51.0 | |
| 1 or more | 35.0 | 55.9 | 63.8 | 63.0 | 35.6 | 51.1 | 51.7 | 48.9 | |
| 2 or more | 20.7 | 36.3 | 45.9 | 46.2 | 16.6 | 32.5 | 31.7 | 31.3 | |
| 4 or more | 3.9 | 12.1 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 3.5 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 9.9 | |
| 6 or more | 1.0 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.7 | |
| 8 areas | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
| Sample size | 518 | 633 | 627 | 553 | 420 | 574 | 616 | 574 | |
85 subjects had musculoskeletal pain in areas not included in the research (for example ankle/foot).